Piotr:
>If "seven" and a few other terms were able to migrate from >(Proto-)Semitic
>into PIE, why not a more recent loan referring to >social structure,
>adopted only by the IE languages spoken in or >around the Middle East?
It's an interesting idea but I haven't heard enough about your position on
Ariomanus, Eremon and Aryaman that Chris requested. How do you explain Vedic
Aryaman without connecting it to Ariomanus? If the name of this god existed
in the IE pantheon, it probably would have to do with the verb "to rise" or
rather "to be above" (*H2or-) rather than "to move". In my mind, *H2or- must
have been void of supremist connotations but I do see it having an added
meaning of being older or more ancient. Hence, "Above Man" or "Oldest Man"
which appears to be one of the functions of this divine character after all
- the progenitor of mankind. Hmm, I think I have to change the name to
*XoryoManus.
I had put *XeryoManus on my site... I wasn't thinking. You guys gotta keep
an eye on me to make sure I don't goof up like that again!
- gLeN
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